WARNING - OLD ARCHIVES

This is an archived copy of the Xen.org mailing list, which we have preserved to ensure that existing links to archives are not broken. The live archive, which contains the latest emails, can be found at http://lists.xen.org/
   
 
 
Xen 
 
Home Products Support Community News
 
   
 

xen-users

[Xen-users] XenLinux and hypervisor compatibility (XEN_COMPAT_xxx)

To: xen-users <xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Xen-users] XenLinux and hypervisor compatibility (XEN_COMPAT_xxx)
From: Luca Lesinigo <luca@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 15:24:12 +0200
Delivery-date: Wed, 09 Sep 2009 06:24:50 -0700
Envelope-to: www-data@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
List-help: <mailto:xen-users-request@lists.xensource.com?subject=help>
List-id: Xen user discussion <xen-users.lists.xensource.com>
List-post: <mailto:xen-users@lists.xensource.com>
List-subscribe: <http://lists.xensource.com/mailman/listinfo/xen-users>, <mailto:xen-users-request@lists.xensource.com?subject=subscribe>
List-unsubscribe: <http://lists.xensource.com/mailman/listinfo/xen-users>, <mailto:xen-users-request@lists.xensource.com?subject=unsubscribe>
Sender: xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I took the latest Linux kernel tarball from xen.org and wondering about HV compatibility:

- if I choose to enable compatibility with an older hypervisor (atm, 3.0.2, 3.0.4 or 3.1.0) will I loose any functionality/performance/ whatever when running that kernel on a newer one (say, 3.3.x or 3.4.x)? - what does "no compatibility code (XEN_COMPAT_LATEST_ONLY)" actually mean? will this kernel run only on 3.4.1? or >=3.4.0? or 3.2.x / 3.3.x onwards?

it would probably be good to include the answers in the kernel config "help strings"....

Thank you everyone,
--
Luca Lesinigo

_______________________________________________
Xen-users mailing list
Xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>
  • [Xen-users] XenLinux and hypervisor compatibility (XEN_COMPAT_xxx), Luca Lesinigo <=